Bottle-sealing machine



A. CALLESON.

BOTTLE SEALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN.23. 1920, 1,3@6313 Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

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BOTTLE SEALING MACHINE.

APPLICATloN HLED 1AN.23, 1920.

1,386,313. Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

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A. CALLESON.

BOTTLE SEALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.23.1920.

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BOTTLE SEALING MACHINE.

AIPPLIcATIoN FILED IAN.23, 1920.

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A. CALLESON.

BOTTLE SEALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IAII,23, |920.

1 ,386,81 8. Patented A110. 2, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS CAIIIIIESON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

\ BOTTLE-SEALING MACHINE.

1,386,313. Slieccation of Letters Patent. Patented Allg. 2, 1921.

To all whom it may concern.'

' Be it known that I, AMos CALLEsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and vState of New York, have invented` certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Sealing -Machines, of which the following is a speciication.

My present invention relates to bottle capping machines of the class inlwhich the containers are advanced in a procession past the capping means, and it consists in certain improvements in the means for feeding the caps'V or other closures to the containers from a source of supply with reference to which the latter move in procession, whereby the feeding of the caps to the passing containers is accomplished with uniform certainty and without the danger of producing a j am. -In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly 1n section, of sufficient of a bottle capping machine to illustrate the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2,

Fig. 1;

ig. 3 is a front elevation of the superstructure;

Fig. 4 is an inside elevation of the closurefeeding chute, -certain parts 26 and 32 coactive therewith being also shown, the for- 'mer in section;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the upper part of the chute;

Fig. 6 shows certain parts, notably the chute and an opposed capping or sealing head, in section on substantially the line 6 6, Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 shows a capping member (in section) approaching and about to become coupled with the lower end of the chute (appearing in plan) Fig. 8 is a front elevation, partly in section, of the chute-controlling means;

Fig. 9 is a plan, partly in section, of said means;

Fig. 10 is a plan; Fig. 11 a sectional v1ew on line 11-11, Fig. 10; and Fig. 12 an 1nside elevation of one of the parts of the Fig. 13 is an inside elevation and vertical sectional'view of another part of said means.

Application led January 23, 1920. Serial No. 353,604.

cal axis and equipped with means for attachlng the closures which are caused to perform thrust movements toward and from the respective containers, one after another, by a fixed cam. The frame of the machine lncludes a base a embodying at the top a houslng a', an upright b upstanding from the back of the base, and a cylinder c suitably aiiXed to the upright over the base and havmg an internal cam-groove c; on the bottom of the housing a I fix a plate d whlch 1s substantially triangular (see Fig. 2) and affords at a3 a step bearing. The rotary structure aforesaid includes a vertical shaft e stepped in the bearing d', a tury'ret f fixed to the shaft and having yielding bottle supporting pads f arranged in a circle at regular intervals in its top face, and a cylindrical head g housed in the cylinder o, said head having, arranged in a circle and in registry with the pads f', closure aiinng members l1, which are arranged to reciprocate vertically in the head g' during the rotation of the latter by being suitably engaged in the cam-groove o and each including any well-known type of sealing or capping head h having a closuresupporting ledge 71.2 and a lateral closureadmitting passage 7b3 opening radially outwardly thereof. The base is equipped with a table z' flush with the bottle supporting surface of the turret. The front of the maand suitably journaled on the plate d. I

claim no part of the foregoing, per se.

The turret has an upstanding boss f2 formed with peripheral recesses f3 registering with the pads f', and the boss has a recessed portion or neck f4 in which is adapted to be received a sectional collar ln, having peripheral recesses n arranged to register with the recesses f', the sections of the collar being removably held in place by pins 0 introduced downwardly into suitable holes in the parts. To adapt the turret to receive different sizes of bottles, which occupy the recesses 'n' of the collar, collars having recesses n of different sizes will be provided so that they can be used interchangeably. To keep the bottles upright at certain points in their progress I provide arc-shaped guides p which are secured to the table z' by screws r which may pass through slots in the guides to allow their adjustment toward and from the collar n.

The bottles to be capped proceed from the 4 front at one sde of the table to the back, around behind the shaft e, at that time being carried by the turret, and. then to the front of the table at the other side thereof. To convey them one after another from the point Where they are deposited by theatdendant on the table to the turret and from the turret to the point where, being now capped, they are again deposited on the table, I provide a rotary carrier which serves to perform both these conveying operations, which feature so far as I am aware is new in this art. This carrier consists of a. thin disk s whose hub member t is fixed to a vertical shaft u that is journaled in a bearing v secured to a gear casing w that projects from the housing a', shaft u carrying a gear m in mesh with a pinion y which is j ournaled in plate d and meshes with a gear Z on the turret, so that the turret and disk s rotate in the same direction. A plate e provided with a central V-shaped projection extending inwardly therefrom and having an upstanding-Hange z projecting from each end thereof and along its inner margin to more or less near the apex of the projection is secured to the front of the table over the disk s and forms with guides 2 secured to the table means to insure the bottles remaining upright and taking the course indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2; it also serves, in cooperation with the guide p shown at the left in Fig. 2, to guide each bottle accurately to its position on the turret. For synchronizing the approach of the bottles to the turret with the passing bottle pads I provide a bottle checking means which is intermitltently moved to release the line of bottles approaching the turret by the projections formed between the recesses of the latterspecifically by the projections formed between the recesses n of its collar n.' A lever 3 fulcrumed on a pin 4 has a .toe 5 normally projecting in the path of the approaching bottles, and another lever 6 fulcrumed on a stud 7 has its toe 8 normally projecting in the nath of the projections on the collar n,

being articulated with the lever 3 by the slot j and pin connection 9; a spring 10 connecting the levers normally holds them in the position stated. Each time a projection on the collar passes and moves the levers the first bottle behind the toe 5 will be released so as to be carried forward by the disk s in proper time for accurate positioning of A hopper 11 for the closures is secured to i some fixed part of the frame, as cylinder 0. It is equipped with a closure delivery chute and as will appear this chute is capable of a certai-n movement with the rotating structure e-f-g (to allow time for transfer of a closure from the chute to the sealing head then in registry therewith) and back, being normally held in a definite position; it is also capable in the present construction of movement toward and from the rotary structure, partly so that when moving with said structure it shall move concentrically therewith and partly to permit access to the out- ;let of such 4chute or the inlet to the sealing head which it happens to be opposite.

The chute 12 has a chute extension member 13 pivoted to its upperend on an axis 14 radial with respect to rotary structure e-f-g, and this member is in turn pivoted to the bottom of the hopper (whose outlet 15 debouches into member 13) on an axis 16 arranged horizontally and transverse with respect to axis 14, sothat the chute has a universal-joint connection with the hopper and can swinglaterally or inward and outward. Normally its lateral movement is in an arc concentric with shaft e, the chute-having a roller 17 which upstands in a curved guideway 18 (Figs. 8 and 9) formed by a plate 19 secured to the cylinder c and a frontal lip member 20, which is normally held in the position shown by a detent 21 but, upon shifting the detent, may be swung up on apivot 22 to release the chute and permit it to be swung outward when access to its outlet or to a sealing head inlet is required. The chute is interposed between opposed spring means consisting of a pair of springs 23 arranged in opposite housings in plate 19, removable screw plugs 24 backing .the springs and closing the outer ends of the housings, and pins 25 which protrude from the inner ends of the housings and bear against opposite sides of the chute and hav- V ing shoulders 24 limiting their inward vmally held at its other limit of movement.)

obtain a positive hold on the toe 26, is ful-- crumed onthe lower end of the chute. One part 27 of this device is formed to straddle the inwardly deflected lower end of the chute and has the fulcrum connection therewith, afforded by pin 28, being normally held by a spring 29 interposed between itsupstanding portlon 27 and the chute with its cross-piece 272 normally seated on the chute' (Fig. 6); this part also includes a housing 27a at the front of upstanding portion 27 and forming therewith a vertical guideway 27 4. The cross-piece has a central locking notch 275, and it is beveled oii" from said notch to either end (Fig. 4) to form cam surfaces 27. The other part of said coupling device is a dog 30 arranged to slide inv guideway 274, being normally held to the downward limit afforded by its stop 30' engaging the top of portion 27 of part 27 by a spring 31 arranged in housing 273, the forwardly extending lower end or lug 302 of said dog being directly over locking notch 27 5 and rounded on its under side. Spring 31 is stronger than spring 29. A fixed coupling-breaker 32, acting to depress the part 27 when it is swung around with the chute, is secured in plate`19. Pivoted in part 27 is a closure-detent 33 which is normally held by springs 34 housed in part 30 bearing down against and thus pressing or clamping the lowest closure in the line against the bottom. of the chute.

The machine, as shown, is arranged for left to right bottle feed, z'. e., clockwise movement of the bottles and sealing heads. Therefore the chute is normally held by the spring means 23 in the right-hand position (Fig. 3). As each capping member approaches, being then elevated, its cam lug 26 acts wedge-fashion between part 27 and the rounded face of the lug 302 of part 30 and cams the former up out of the way; but when the cam lug overlies locking notch 27 5, since spring 31 is. stronger than spring 29,

part 27 is raised by spring 31, resuming its' previous relation to part 30, so that the lug 26 remains locked in notch 27 and so the chute is advanced with the capping member against the resistance of its spring means. The raising of `part 30 removes the pressure its spring 34 exerts on detent 33, in consequence of which, while the sealing head and chute are moving together thus intercoupled, the line of closures in the chute are allowed to fall by gravity to place the lowest one on the ledge h2 of the sealing head and the second one under the detent. This having been done the nearer cam surface on part 27 encounters the coupling-breaker 32 and is depressed thereby (part 30 being prevented from also descending by lug 26), so that its notch 27 5 clears the lug 26 and under pressure of -its spring means the chute swings back to its normal position (Fig. 1) ready to repeat the operation with the next approaching capping member. When the chute springs back it is cushioned by its spring means 23, 24, 25, as will be apparent fr om the position of these parts as shown in The spring means controlling the position of the chute are reversible and the parts concerned in coupling each capping head with the chute are formed for accomplishing the coupling and uncoupling either right or left-handed, according to the direction in which the feeding of the bottles takes place.

So far as I am aware it is new in the art of transferring closures in a machine substantially of the nature of that herein set forth to provide a closure delivery member, such as the aforesaid chute, a closure receiving member, such as the aling head and means to support them and move one repeatedly past and in closure-transferring relation to the other, one being shiftable in said means with the other each time the latter passes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination, a closure delivery chute member, a closure receiving member, and means to support said members and move one repeatedly past and in closure-transferring relation to the other, one of said members being shiftable in said means with the other each time one of said members moves past the other.

2. In combination, a closure delivery member, a closure receiving member, and means to support said members and move one repeatedly past and in closure-transferring relation to the other, one of said members being oscillatory in said means and being shiftable by and with the vother each time one of said members moves past the other.

3. In combination, a closure delivery member, a closure receiving member, and means to support said members and move one repeatedly past and in closure-transferring relation to the other, one of said members being shiftable in said means with the other each time one of said members moves past the 'other but normally held in a definite position in said means.

4. In combination, a closure-delivery member, a closure recelvlng means, and

means to support said members and move delivery member being pivotally suspended at its upper end portion in said means and shiftable therein with the receiving member each time the latter moves past the former.

6. In` combination, a closure deliver)T member, a closure receiving member, and means to support said members and move the latter repeatedly past and in closuretransferring relation to the former, said delivery member being pivotally suspended in said means and shiftable therein With the receiving member each time the latter moves past the former but normally held in a delinite position in said means.

Y. In combination, a closure delivery member, a closure receiving member, and means to support said members and move the latter in a definite course repeatedly past and in closurestransferring relation to the former, said delivery member being shiftable in said means in a path substantially lengthwise of said course and being so shiftable With the receiving member each time the latter moves past the former and being also adapted to be moved crosswise of said path 8. In combination, a closure delivery member, a closure receiving member, means to support said members and move the latter repeatedly past and in closure transferring relation to the former, the delivery member being shiftable in said means with the receiving member each time the latter moves past the former, and opposite spring v means holding said delivery means normally against shifting.

9. In combination, a closure delivery member, a closure receiving member, and means to support said members and move one repeatedly past and in closure-transferring relation to the other, one of said members being shiftable in said means and said members having means to temporarily intercouple them each time one of said members moves past the other.

10. In combination, a closure delivery member, a closure receiving member, and means to support said members and move one repeatedly past 'and in closure-transferring relation to the other, one of said members being shiftable but normally held in a definite position in said means and said members having means'to temporarily intercouple them each time one of said members moves past the other.

l1. In combination, a closure delivery member for a' line of closures, a closure receiving member, and means to support said members and move one repeatedly past and in closure-transferring relation to the other, one of said members being shiftable in said means and said members having means, controlling the transfer of the closures from one to the other of them, to temporarily intercouple them each time one ofsaid members moves past the other.

l2. In combination, a closure delivery member for a line of closures normally sub- 'jected to an evicting force, a check normally opposing the eviction of the closures, a closure recelving member, and means to support said members and move one repeatedly past and in closure-transferring relation to the other, one of said members being shiftable in said means and said members having means to temporarily intercouple them and release the check each time one of said members moves past the other.

13. In combination, a closure supply member, a closure receiving member, means to support said members and move the latter repeatedly past and in closure-transferring relation to the former, and a closure delivery member having a pivotal connection with and movable relatively to the supply member in approximately the same direction as and with the receiving member each time the latter moves past the supply member.

14. In combination, a closure supply member, a closure receiving member, means to support said members and move the latter repeatedly past and in closure-transferring relation to the former, and a closure delivery member movable relatively to the supply member in approximately the same direction as and with the receiving member each time the latter moves past the supply member but normally held in a definite position.

15. In combination, a closure supply member, a closure receiving member, means to support said members and move the latter repeatedly past and in closure-transferring relation to the former, and a closure delivery member movable relatively to the supply member in approximately the samedirection as the receiving member each time the latter moves past the supply member but spring held in a definite osition.

16. In combinat1on, a closure supply member, a closure receiving member, means to support said members and move the latter repeatedly past and in closure-transferring relation to the former, a closure-delivery member movable relatively to the supply member in approximately the same direction as and with the receiving member each time the latter moves past the supply member, and opposite spring means holding said delivery means normally against such movement.

17 In combination, a closure supply member, a closure receiving member, means to support said members and move the latter repeatedly past and in closure-transferring relation to the former, and a closure delivery member movable in a definite course relatively to thev supply member in approximately the same direction as and With the receiving member each time the latter moves past the supply member, said delivery means being normally held in but movable out of said course.

18. In combination, a closure supply member, a closure receiving member, means to support said members and move the latter repeatedly past the former, a closure delivery member for a line of closures movable relatively to the supply member in approximately the same direction as the receiving member, and means, controlling the transfer of closures from the delivery to the receiving member, to temporarily interconnect them for movement together each time the latter moves past the supply member.

19. In combination, a closure supply member, a closure receiving member, means to support said members and move the latter repeatedly past the former, a closure delivery member for a line of closures normallysubjected to an evicting force, said delivery member being movable relatively to the supply member in approximately the same direc- `tion as the receiving member, a check normally opposing the eviction ofthe closures, and means to temporarily interconnect the delivery and receiving members and release the check each time the latter moves past the supply member.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

AMOS GALLESON. 

